Dunlop have claimed the Sportsmart to be their most important tyre to date and having not tested it I booked a set out so they would be fresh for a day round Silverstone and then general road riding afterwards.

Metzeler's all new sports touring tyre featuring Interact Technology handles exceptionally in the wet and dry, the cold and no doubt warm when it eventually arrives

Dual compound technology derived from MotoGP racing, the Pilot Power 2CT gives a superb mix of grip in wet and dry conditions coupled with high mileage economy

This Pirelli is a crossover product designed for Hypersport machines, trackday and fast road riding. With its track biased shape the Supercorsa certainly encourages fast turns and offers high levels of grip in the dry and when up to temperature in the wet also.

Bridgestone's Battlax BT-012 is a tyre aimed directly at sporty tourers and those looking for greater mileage from their tyre before replacement while keeping decent levels of wet and dry grip

Nice and grippy multi compound sports tyre that showed decent mileage.

Slowly being replaced by newer models the D208 was used on many sportbikes and sport tourers in their time, offering decent mileage they were perfect for Motorway munching.